Spores

SPORE

Fungi use spores to survive and spread to new sources of food.
Spores are not seeds. A seed contains a small form of a plant, plus some
food to help it get started, wrapped in a hard shell. A seed is made of
many cells.

Most spores are single cells protected by a cell wall. Some spores are
made of several cells, but the largest spore is still smaller than the
smallest seed (made by orchids).

There is no microscopic fungus
inside a spore. A spore contains all the chemicals needed to make its kind
of fungus. When conditions are right, the spore starts to grow and creates
a web-like mycelium, the fungus individual.